Giovanni Battista Grancino I, Milan, 1700
Viola: 47616
Back: Two-piece with curl descending slightly from the center joint
Top: of medium, regular grain
Scroll: not original, of still narrower figure
Ribs: of narrower figure
Varnish: Golden-orange
Length of back: 41.4 cm
Upper bouts: 18.7 cm
Middle bouts: 13.2 cm
Lower bouts: 23.8 cm
Provenance
| until 1970 | John & Arthur Beare |
| from 1970 | Stephan Kolbinson |
| until 1997 | Philip Perret |
| ... | ... |
| from 1997 and in 2006 | Current owner |
Known players
Dr. Choong-Oh Rhee
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: P. & H. Perret, Katonah, NY (1997)- Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Chicago, IL (1997)
- Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1970) "Around the middle of the last century this viola evidently came to a Parisian workshop, most probably either that of Georges Chanot or J.B. Vuillaume. Its appearance was altered to resemble that of a Stradivari viola inasmuch as the edges and purfling were changed, the soundholes slightly adapted, and a new scroll added. The viola bears a label of Carlo Bergonzi, which may have been added at the same time. The viola is nevertheless a first class Italian instrument . . ."
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References
- Correspondence with owner, 5-23-2003